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| ‘It's OK to be white' banner hanging over Mass. Pike sparks outrage |
| 2019-11-04 |
| h/t Instapundit [WHDH] An outraged man traveling on the Mass. Pike stopped his car Friday morning to rip down a sign hanging from a highway overpass in Newton that read "It’s OK to be white." Thousands of commuters on the busy highway got a glimpse of the large white banner that featured bold black lettering, prompting a response from the Anti-Defamation League of New England. "It’s pretty disappointing to see people in Massachusetts using a platform like that to disseminate a message that excludes people and targets people," said Robert Trestan, Executive Director of the ADL’s Boston office. Sean Roche, who was driving with his daughter, got out of his car and tore the sign down before police arrived at the scene. "It’s a statement that being white is under attack right now and it’s just not true," Roche told 7NEWS. "Being white is such an advantage in this society. To suggest otherwise is just straight-up racism." Betcha the guy is white |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 I was in Texas headed to Robinson, and my rented car got stolen by two black guys from outside a diner. We all saw them take it. The diner called the cops and everyone sympathized, they said this almost never happened there. When the cops asked me for a description I unabashedly said 'It was two black males - one 5'4 and the other 5'8. The taller one was lanky...' They were looking at me agape, those white waco cops. One of them suggested 'So two African Americans..' Thoroughly enjoying myself now, I said 'Nope ! Two black guys. Not necessarily Americans. They could've been from Djibouti for all I know !' One actual African-American guy was actually laughing into his meal and later gave me a ride. He was a cool fellow, christian and very sporting. he dropped me to another rent-a-car near University in Waco well out of his way. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-04 19:57 |
| #12 You'd think the ADL would grasp the implications of demonizing a particular demographic and the need to push back against such demonization. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-11-04 18:16 |
| #11 If it has said Okay to be black it would have become a historical landmark and we'd get to hear endless discussions on tv of the bravery of the banner maker. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-11-04 11:47 |
| #10 What would have happened if the sign had read "It's OK to be black"? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-11-04 09:52 |
| #9 Yes. I don't want to hear about what needs more funding until GayZ, Bee Ounce and Farti B are broke. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-11-04 08:01 |
| #8 putting color of skin above the content of our character. When color is all they got, that's what they'll cry about. If their characters had content it would be different but when you ain't got that...... |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-11-04 07:36 |
| #7 Identity politics = poison. It's not about this or that race. It's a foolish doctrine that refutes everything that the civil rights movement achieved. It turns MLK's great formulation inside out, putting color of skin above the content of our character. Identity politics is a toxic waste dump that will destroy this nation. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-04 07:18 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-11-04 06:49 |
| #5 "Being white is such an advantage in this society. To suggest otherwise is just straight-up racism." Corollary: Elizabeth Warren is a straight-up racist. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-11-04 06:21 |
| #4 "Your mere existence bothers me." "Funny, I think that way about Obutthole. But he never bothered me until he became a politician..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-11-04 04:57 |
| #3 It's a statement that there's nothing wrong with being white. He's projecting his own feelings and literally hallucinating things that aren't there. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-11-04 04:40 |
| #2 got out of his car and tore the sign down before police arrived at the scene Walks on hurriedly when he sees real outrages taking place. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-04 02:52 |
| #1 Thousands got the message the left doesn't think it's OK to be white... Put up the "Islam is right about Women" sign next. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-11-04 02:49 |